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Unit 78

Segment 1 of 5 [#507]

Nephi Prays for the Lord to Send a Famine

Helaman 11:1 - Helaman 11:9

Duration: 2:02

contextual study / concordance

[Please note that this segment ends in the midst of Helaman 11:9]

Helaman 11:1

And now it came to pass

in the seventy and second year of the reign of the judges

that the contentions did increase,

insomuch that there were wars throughout all the land

among all the people of Nephi.

Helaman 11:2

And it was this secret band of robbers

who did carry on this work of destruction and wickedness.

And this war did last all that year;

and in the seventy and third year it did also last.

Helaman 11:3

And it came to pass that in this year Nephi did cry unto the Lord, saying:

Helaman 11:4

O Lord, do not suffer that this people shall be destroyed by the sword;

but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in the land,

to stir them up in remembrance of the Lord their God,

and perhaps they will repent and turn unto thee.

Helaman 11:5

And so it was done, according to the words of Nephi.

And there was a great famine upon the land, among all the people of Nephi.

And thus in the seventy and fourth year the famine did continue,

and the work of destruction did cease by the sword

but became sore by famine.

Helaman 11:6

And this work of destruction did also continue in the seventy and fifth year.

For the earth was smitten

that it was dry, and did not yield forth grain in the season of grain;

and the whole earth was smitten,

even among the Lamanites as well as among the Nephites,

so that they were smitten

that they did perish by thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.

Helaman 11:7

And it came to pass that the people saw

that they were about to perish by famine,

and they began to remember the Lord their God;

and they began to remember the words of Nephi.

Helaman 11:8

And the people began to plead with their chief judges and their leaders,

that they would say unto Nephi:

Behold, we know that thou art a man of God,

and therefore cry unto the Lord our God

that he turn away from us this famine,

lest all the words which thou hast spoken concerning our destruction be fulfilled.